Jamie Foxx's Oscar sale

The Hollywood heavyweight - who won an Academy Award for his performance in 'Ray' - admits he used his star name to sell his Bentley on the internet auction site after struggling to shift it.

He told US chat show host Ellen Degeneres: "I was trying to sell this Bentley that I had.

"It was a '96 big yellow Bentley. I took it to the guy and he said I can't give you any money for this ugly yellow Bentley. And I said, 'You know whose Bentley this is ? don't you watch cable?' He said 'I don't care'."

The heartthrob actor added: "So I put it on eBay and I put 'Jamie Foxx Academy Award winner' and with a picture of me posing and it sold for like, $150,000."